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POPULATION CHARACTERISTICS

For this topic, 8 data cubes are currently available. Examples of data items contained in data cubes within this topic include: average births; age-specific fertility rate; confinements; nuptiality; leading causes of death; median age at death; death rate; underlying causes of death; multiple causes of death; mortality indicators; life expectancy; ancestry; birthplace of parents; religious affiliation; language spoken at home; Australian citizenship; divorces granted; length of marriage to separation; length of marriage to divorce; divorces involving children; crude marriage rate; previous marital status; couples who lived together prior to marriage and type of marriage celebrant.

The migrant population referred to in these data cubes reflects the definition of a 'migrant' as described in the Glossary of migrant related terms unless otherwise stated. This glossary also contains definitions of the data items represented in the table rows of the matrix below. The Australian born population is included in the data cubes for comparative purposes.

For the products below, data are available for the migrant related data items that have a cross ('x') in the corresponding row. To open the data cube, simply click on the product of interest (i.e. column headers) and then click on the data cube icon. For detailed information on how to use these matrices, click on How to use the matrices.

Detailed information on the data collections from which these ABS products are sourced can be found under the Population Characteristics Topic in the Guide to Migrant Statistical Sources, 2007 (cat. no. 3414.0).

	Births 2006	Causes of Death 2006	Causes of Death 2005	Census of Population and Housing 2006
Country of birth (person)	x	x	x	x
Country of birth (mother)	x			x
Country of birth (father)	x			x
Country of birth (parents)
Country of last residence
Duration of residence
Year of arrival in Australia				x
Age on arrival in Australia
Proficiency in spoken English				x
First language spoken as a child
Main language other than English spoken at home				x
Main language spoken at home
Languages spoken at home
Australian citizenship				x
Ancestry				x
Religious affiliation				x
Visa category
Selected demographic characteristics	x	x	x	x
Selected geographic characteristics			x	x
Selected work and education characteristics				x
Selected economic characteristics				x

	Census of Population and Housing 2001	Deaths 2006	Divorces 2007	Marriages 2007
Country of birth (person)	x	x	x	x
Country of birth (mother)	x
Country of birth (father)	x
Country of birth (parents)
Country of last residence
Duration of residence		x
Year of arrival in Australia	x
Age on arrival in Australia
Proficiency in spoken English	x
First language spoken as a child
Main language other than English spoken at home	x
Main language spoken at home
Languages spoken at home
Australian citizenship	x
Ancestry	x
Religious affiliation	x
Visa category
Selected demographic characteristics	x	x	x	x
Selected geographic characteristics	x
Selected work and education characteristics	x
Selected economic characteristics	x